Burning of the Reichstag

A Dutch communist was ‘convicted of the crime’ Hitler then bullies the Reichstag into passing the enabling act in order to face the coming ‘communist revolution’ (with the help of his "Brownshirts")

Propaganda/Mass Rallies

Josef Goebbels was in charge of propaganda for the Nazi party (propaganda minister) and was one of the most powerful men in the Nazi party Effected all aspects of German life because it Promoted: The Aryan Race Anti-Semitism Anti-Communism Lebensraum (living space in the east) And Organized mass rallies for army and citizens Nuremburg night rallies were the most famous

Night of the Long Knives

Happened on 30 June 1934 those killed were: Anyone who would be internal challengers were murdered Ernst Rohm who was the leader of S.A.(his Secret Police) All ‘socialists’, whom he’d only adopted for electoral reasons He declared the Shutzstaffel (S.S.) had conducted the murders proudly and was congratulated by Hindenburg (this replaced the S.A. with the S.S. as Hitlers Secret police)A month later Hindenburg dies and an ‘election’ was held which voted Hitler in as President

Brown Shirts

Hitler’s "henchmen" (secret Police) they were like Mussolini's Blackshirts He used them through the late 20’s and early 30’s to harass his opposition parties unmercifully They were led by Ernst Rohm After Hitler is elected many of them are appointed auxiliary police

Enabling Act

Agreed to by the Reichstag in 1933 (after threats from the brownshirts (S.A.) Only 93 Social Democrats voted against it this allowed Hitler to pass laws without consulting the ReichstagDespite the lack of freedom of speech or press Hitler only won by 288 seats, barely a majority and by July 1933 all other political parties are outlawed

Ant Semitism and the Holocaust

Nuremburg Laws

From 1933 to 1939 It was an Anti-Jewish laws which forced Jews to register and wear Star of David This turned into forcing Jews out of careers and homes and prohibited marriage between Jews and Non Jewish Germans Finally they losses their citizenship

Is Hitler’s original idea that he laid out in Mein Kampf Aryan (Nordic race) thought to be superior beings and Jews made out to be universal scapegoats Originally Jews were sent to work camps to do manual labor but in July 1941 final solution was the extermination of the Jewish race This is carried out by Einsatzgruppen, a special section of the S.S. made up of prisoners who could handle shooting and burying themThis ended up not being fast enough so the ended up using Gas chambers Made famous places such as Auschwitz

Kristall=glass and Nacht=night Referring to the thousands of Jewish shop and synagogue windows that were smashed and burned Many Jews were imprisoned It was a state sanctioned event

Summary

Between the enabling act and Hitlers mass rallies you can start to see how powerful Hitler was and as it gets closer and closer to the start of WWII you can see to what lengths he went to in his quest to get rid of the Jews people.